I believe some big whales on Hive got offended by the whole "without us, you don't exist" attitude that was displayed here and there. Splinterlands is a big part of Hive, but it is a part. And their leaders should learn to be humble sometimes, particularly when they ask for money without a well-defined use case.

That being said, and with all the shortcomings in writing the proposal and not only, I support the proposal because I believe it would eventually be good for both Splinterlands and Hive.